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MacEwan president Trimbee seeks reappointment

MacEwan University’s president and vice-chancellor, Annette Trimbee, is seeking reappointment for the position she’s held since Aug. 1, 2020. The process is overseen by the presidential reappointment committee, which will gather feedback over the coming weeks and...

Drinking and riding on Edmonton e-scooters

More than one in four hospitalizations found to involve substance use Shared e-scooters, like the ones from Lime and Bird, have become a big part of Edmonton’s summer patio culture. However, the devices have also become synonymous with danger and injury, according...

Executive Committee election: official results

The results of the SAMU Executive Committee (EC) election are now final, and all three candidates who appeared on ballots were able to win a spot in SAMU’s highest governing body.  Gabriel Ambutong and Joseph La Torre will be returning as president and VP...

VP external candidate disqualified from election

UPDATE: The Griff has reached out to Cardinal for comment but has not received a reply at this time.  SAMU has confirmed that Jakob Cardinal, who is running for re-election as VP external in SAMU’s Executive Committee election, was disqualified from candidacy late...

The gender laws

Trans people are saying they had it rough, and today’s youth will have it worse. All first-person perspectives in this story are those of writer Evan Watt. It was getting better When you are young, transgender, and terrified of yourself, the phrase “it gets better”...

What’s up with vaping kiosks?

I’ll be honest. I don’t have much here. But what I do have is about what you’d expect from big tobacco, Alberta Health, and the Edmonton bar scene. It was November, and I was taking in the scenes of Jasper Ave after an Oilers win. Folks were getting drunk off of...

Students chow down on free food with SAMU

Food for Thought town hall hosts hundreds Hundreds of students were treated to a free lunch, courtesy of SAMU, at midday on Wednesday during the student association’s Food for Thought town hall in the Lookout. The only price tag for Banh Mi sandwiches and Panago...

A grant goes down and then glows up

In the fall semester, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the $5,000 Student Community Engagement Grant (SCEG) wasn’t available to students. Transitions, departures, and shuffles in MacEwan’s administration left the role of grant facilitator empty,...

Consultations end and tuition is going up

Continued increases in tuition leaves SAMU unsatisfied The chips are down, the talks are over, and tuition is going up – again. After consultations between SAMU and MacEwan, the board of governors approved a domestic and international tuition hike of 2 per cent for...

Is Yegwave a news thief?

Yegwave’s content is identical to multiple journalists’ work In August 2020, COVID-19 was causing panic, and a new Edmonton-focused Instagram page was thriving. Yegwave had just hit the 20,000-follower mark and posted a video thanking its audience for the support....

To degree or not to degree

The bachelor’s degree may be dead, but your skills and experiences are immortal MacEwan’s towers aren’t ivory — even from far away, you can tell they’re built with concrete and rebar. But, they’re the first things people notice about the school, even before they...

Students’ Council Recap for Oct. 19

The final 2022-2023 Students’ Council general meeting discussed tuition hikes, a failed grant for fall, and SAMU’s trip to city hall. Oct. 18 was the last meeting of the 2022-2023 iteration of the SAMU Students’ Council. Naturally, there were plenty of gratuities...